State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Pennsylvania, $97,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.4%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+24.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Art Directors
- Median
- $137,780
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $192,380
- p10
- $81,500
- p90
- $249,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
Pennsylvania
Art Directors
- Median
- $97,450
- p25
- $76,670
- p75
- $113,610
- p10
- $65,470
- p90
- $149,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.